A/N:hello everyone, I just warn you that I'm crazy and there's strong content here. Diffrent scenes happen at the same time in different place, but it's written together, just don't be confused. I hope you like and enjoy.
Chapter 2 "Beyond This Life"
Dante walked in to the Castle.
"Great, now I have to go through this alone, if only she would've told me how things work here. Where could she have gone?" He wondered. "Now I'm taking longer than I expected" He had a look around; the place seemed enormous. Just to think of going through every door, every chamber in the Castle, kinda made him regret this whole mission. But above all, all he wanted was to free Trish and Vergil from Mundus, and that was enough reason to complete this.
He checked the only doors he found and they were locked. He stood in front of the one at the center for a moment, and suddenly a demonic energy with the shape of a hand, tried to catch him through the door. He rapidly escaped from the red hand. He saw some orbs and started gathering them, perhaps they could work as money for the demons. He collected 45 red orbs in the parlor of the Castle. And indeed, it worked to open the door with the demonic aura. It led to a strange chamber and another door to a spiral staircase. He found it strange that he hadn't encountered a single demon yet. You could smell the evil and the stench of demons, but there was none at sight.
Dante went up the stairs; he kept collecting orbs, they could be of use for later on. He saw one in a sort of attic, so he leapt up and reached there and luckily he found a Rusty Key. It could be the key to the door in the parlor. He thought. He took it from the hand of a human size puppet, he turned around and put it in his pocket. "Why do I feel all this is a game? This must be what Mundus planned for me" Dante gave a step and suddenly the puppet came alive. It cast a dagger towards him, but he rapidly reacted, slightly turned and caught it in the air before it could hurt him. "Well, I accept your challenge" He said to the nothingness hoping Mundus would listen.
"Finally some action!" Dante said as he unsheathed his sword and began slashing puppets. Portals began to appear and these puppets emerged from them. Dante slayed them with ease. "It's fun killing this bloody puppets!" He returned to the parlor and used the Rusty Key to open the remaining door. It led to a huge room with a jet. He investigated a little, gathered some more orbs, and again bloody puppets started emerging from portals. He destroyed them all and unsealed the door in that room.
The door led him to a corridor and yes, infested with bloody puppets. He could eliminate them easily, but they were just too many and they just didn't stop coming, emerging from the floor, the air, the walls, anywhere. They carried blades, big daggers and some others even shotguns. He got hurt a couple times and shot a few, which really annoyed him, but he was enjoying this whole thing, and a lot. There was a big double door in the middle of the corridor, but he decided to reach the end first. He went up a few carpeted stairs and stood before an impressive statue. It was the sculpture of a female in agony with a sword pierced through her chest.
"What the…" Dante said shocked as he saw the sculpture. "That's a weird taste for a sculpture, but I like the sword" He said jokey. Suddenly he could hear a voice.
"I am Alastor. The weak shall give their heart and swear their eternal loyalty to me" A womanly voice said.
"Where's that coming from?" Dante wondered. "The weak? Surely they're not talking to me ha-ha" His laughter was cut short as suddenly the sculpture changed its shape and the sword seemed to have life of its own. It surrounded in lightning and it was cast towards Dante's direction. It pierced his chest with great strength, sending him to the ground, piercing its end into the ground as well. He seemed to be unconscious, and suddenly his fingers moved and his eyes opened widely. Blood started gushing out of his chest, his heart started beating intensely. The sword remained pierced to the ground as Dante's body seemed to levitate. More and more blood gushed out of the wound, splattering the walls and the ground around him as he rose up like a living dead. It seemed the sword would leave a bigger wound in his chest, and almost till the neck, but as he got on his feet again, the wound had healed. A wound like that could kill anyone, but not him. He bent over a little, he opened his eyes widely again and rapidly turned and grabbed the sword by the hilt. Just as he touched it, the sword surrounded in lightning passing it throughout his body. He pulled it out of the ground and took it with both hands. He lifted his arms above his head pointing the sword up, releasing a great amount of lightning, crashing a stained glass dome above him. The glass tore up into hundreds of shards falling around him as he swayed the sword in the air, trying its power. It was perfect, he even felt more powerful. They had become one for a moment and he had been strong enough to survive. The Sword Alastor had finally found a Master. Someone stronger who could control its might. Only thus, shall prove worthy; surviving to its power. And he felt he became stronger, he was full of power and anxious to try it.
Dante continued his path, and entered to a sort of library and it seemed his lucky day. Not only he had gotten a new sword, but he found a shotgun too. He kept advancing and investigating around the Castle and found a secret passageway through the ground. It led him to a strange garden where he found the Staff of Judgement placed in a sculpture. He took it and a weird door at the end of the sunken gardens began sliding, opening a new path. He crossed through the door and it led him again to the strange library. When he tried going out of there, the doors were suddenly blocked by a demonic power.
"Great, now what?" Dante said bothered.
From portraits, the ground and everywhere, new demons began to emerge. Sin Scissors and Sin Scythes. Their weapons were pretty big and sharp. Dante tried his new shotgun, and it proved to be very effective against these demons. They weren't powerful demons, but getting slashed or cut by any of their weapons could be really painful and the wounds left, pretty deep.
Dante eliminated them with ease with his new shotgun, he was beginning to love it already. The door unsealed and he could finally get out of that library. This time, in place of the sculpture of the female, there was the same sculpture he found in the sunken gardens, from which he took the Staff, so it probably belonged there. He placed the Staff of Judgement in the hands of the sculpture and it opened a new path.
As soon as Dante crossed, the door and the only other door there, blocked by demonic energy. "This is starting to become a habit" Dante said annoyed, this door blocking thing was beginning to bug him. He's not much into solving puzzles, he's good at it, but it bores him, but he had no choice, evidently. If he wanted to advance in this Castle, he had to follow the rules of the game.
Dante turned around as the door shut behind him. He was in an enormous chamber with a long carpeted aisle. There seemed to be a sort of throne in the end. There were pillars all along the aisle and both the pillars and the ground were moving like if they were aqueous. Dante tried opening the door at the front and just before he tried, he heard a voice.
"The Pride of Lion is granted only to those who choose the path of trials"
A floating plaque released a beam of light directly to that door, destroying the seal of the demonic aura. The path was free for him to cross.
"Thanks, I needed a way out of here" Dante said sarcastic. He wondered where could the door lead. "Ha- they heard me. I'm out…" He said suddenly disappointed as he looked around. "…with no escape, and I don't feel like swimming today" There was only a long stone-like bridge, but it just led to a dead end. He tried jumping over the structure of the door, thinking he could find Trish somewhere above there, but from the highest he could get, he could only have a great view. He was granted with a lot of red orbs though. "Ooh-hoo… at least I got something" He got off from the high structures and crossed the bridge. "Where the hell did you bring me Trish?" He wondered. "This place seems to be in the middle of nowhere. The only thing I can see, it's the sea" He said ironic. Dante kept walking through the bridge until he reached the end. It was round with a strange and big plaque at the center, and beneath it, there was like a passageway covered by a crystal to some other dimension. Blue and red swirled inside of it. "Go back the path and thou shalt return from the abyss with thy Lionheart, and thou shalt receive the Pride of Lion" Dante read in a low voice. "What! This is bullshit!" He said pissed. He gathered the orbs around the area and went back the path. "This thing better be safe, 'cause I just don't understand how can this huge bridge be suspended in the air in the middle of nowhere!" He said mad.
Suddenly, a huge lightning bolt hit him in the middle of the bridge. It traversed throughout his body till it reached the ground, cracking it beneath him. Dante stood still, he didn't want to move, it felt this thing was tearing to pieces. "No, no…" He said holding his breath, but the bridge suddenly tore to pieces and Dante fell to the sea. "Where the hell are you Trish?" He yelled while falling. "What the…" He fell into a strange underwater room. It was isolated from the water, but either way, it seemed this place could drain his vitality. "You gotta explain a lot of things when I find you Trish" He said mad as he tried to find a way out of there, before this place could drain his entire power. "This better not be a trap" He reached to an end and it was circular like the one of the bridge, it was like a mirror effect with that same weird passageway swirling at the center.
Big skulls surrounded it and they all attacked Dante, one after the other. He used Alastor to destroy them, and the last one, granted him with a green orb that refilled his vitality. A strange light appeared through the crystal swirling on the ground. He didn't hesitate and stood over it. It magically took him to the bridge again, to the part that remained intact. He turned around and all those pieces torn apart, remained at their place floating in the air, as well as the end of the bridge.
"What the hell is this place?" He said confused. He rather to continue than figure it out. He turned his stare up and saw something shiny. He jumped up the structure of the door again and a piece of the bridge was floating up there; he found it strange. He reached to it and he received a blue orb. "Thanks, I deserved something" Then he fell from it and again he was in that strange room underwater. He tried going out the same way than before, but as he stepped on the crystal, the skulls appeared again and it was until he destroyed them that he could cross through that passageway. But this time he appeared at the end of the bridge. And underneath the plaque with the Lion, there was another blue orb. "Cool, another one!" He took it, and this time he'd be careful not to fall to the sea again. He jumped from piece to piece of the remains of that bridge, until he reached the other side, but every piece he stepped on fell to the sea right after. "This place sucks" He said as he entered to the strange chamber again.
The Pride of Lion was finally liberated for him to take. "Now what? Are there more trials?" He said as he walked down the aisle till he reached to that plaque which floated in a sort of altar. He took it and put it inside his coat. But suddenly, Alastor began to react to something. Lightning surrounded it as to warn Dante.
Meanwhile, Trish gathered with Mundus. She entered to the throne room where Mundus hides. She walked through the aisle then kneeled before his statue, bowing her head. "Master"
"Well done Trish" Mundus said with his sinister voice followed by a grotesque laughter. "Look, there…" He said as he kept laughing and suddenly took the shape of three red orb-like eyes.
Trish turned around and she could see in Mundus' vision that Dante had just encountered Phantom.
"Bah…. another small one. I sensed something a little bigger…..what a disappointing catch!" The massive lava spider, Phantom, growled.
"What a big surprise…. I hope for your sake you have something inside that big body of yours" Dante said mockingly as he knocked on its head.
Phantom infuriated and his eyes turned a blazing red. "You puny pathetic thing! I'll step on you like an ant!"
Trish couldn't help to surprise and let out a suffocated breath.
"What is the matter Trish? You fear for that scum?" Mundus asked.
"No, of course not" She tried hiding her fear. She now knows Dante is incredibly powerful, but the demons awaiting him are of the highest levels. She was unsure of what to expect, but now she was having the chance to see him in action. "I'm sure Phantom can…" Trish started saying.
Mundus interrupted her. "I meant Dante…." He made a pause. "…you fear for his life?" He asked suspiciously.
"Why would I?" Trish said indifferent, hiding her feelings as she could.
"You look different. I can see a new light in your eyes" He said intrigued.
"Me? No, I'm the same devil I've always been" Trish said simply. How could he notice? She wondered. She thought it'd be better to leave before he found out the truth.
Mundus noticed Trish's intentions. "Then you wouldn't mind staying to see the show. The game has just begun"
Trish stopped her pace and turned around to look at him. "No, I wouldn't mind to see how Dante eliminates each and every single one of your powerful demons" Trish said with hatred.
"Huh?" Mundus wondered confused. He was suddenly enraged; but even with that strange orb-like shape it was as if he could attack invisibly, for Trish felt a strong force surrounding her neck and lifting her in the air. She couldn't breathe, she was beginning to suffocate.
"On who's side are you, traitor!" Mundus said in his grotesque voice and it sounded even more scarier than usual.
"On- yours…" She managed to say as she tried to free from this invisible force that was restraining her.
"You better not deceive me Trish, you know what happens to those who do" Mundus said mad as his force cast Trish to a side.
"I know…" Trish said recovering her breath as she rubbed her neck. "I'm just saying because I've fought to him and you're underestimating him"
"Tell me Trish, how did you manage to lure him to this Island?" Mundus asked suspicious.
Trish hesitated for a second. "Well, I told him I was on his side and I needed his help to put an end to the underworld" She said focused on Mundus, it was all she wanted, to put and end but to him specifically.
Mundus just broke out laughing grotesquely. He could sense Trish was hiding something. "I see he has a special interest in you" He said suspiciously.
"In me?" Trish said foolish. "What interest could he have?"
"I don't know. You tell me" Said Mundus.
Trish could feel Mundus' power and his anger. He wasn't stupid, he was not gonna be fooled that easily; but he wanted to know how far Trish could go.
"If that is so, then I could use that to our favor" Trish said slyly.
"Yes, indeed" Mundus said suspiciously. It was hard to tell who was fooling whom.
Trish turned around to see how Dante was doing. His projection could still be seen on the walls. She saw how Dante took demon form, his body was completely black with wings, he could fly and release lightning. She surprised.
Mundus just watched. All the demons he wanted Dante to fight with, were just to test him, to measure his power; know the enemy better.
Meanwhile, Dante couldn't be having any more fun. "Woohoo…. This is awesome!" He said in his demonic voice, pleased with his new abilities. He battled against Phantom, this huge lava spider; it could release lava from the ground and its mouth. But with this new power, Dante felt stronger, invincible. He was flying mid-air, releasing lightning at Phantom, causing him severe damage. He stepped over Phantom's back and started using his new sword Alastor; slashing at what Dante believed were Phantom's weak points. And indeed, Phantom didn't last long afterwards. It opened a portal in the ground and escaped.
Dante disappointed. He was just having fun. "And you said I was pathetic" He mocked. Dante shook his head. "Escaping from the enemy…. Coward" He continued his way and returned to the corridor to cross that door at the middle he had left behind.
Mundus infuriated. "You coward!" He yelled to Phantom. He had just appeared at Mundus' chamber. "How dare you yield to a Sparda son!"
"I told you" Trish said slyly as she folded her arms and grinned mischievously.
"Master, Master…. I beg of you" Phantom pleaded for his life.
"I will give you another chance" Mundus said enraged. "But you fail me again and you're finished!"
Trish felt it was better to go out of there. It was the perfect time to go find Vergil or that Nelo Angelo and Dante, now that she knew where he was and Mundus was distracted with someone else.
"Where are you going so fast, Trish?" Mundus asked intrigued
"To do my job" Trish said simply.
"I told you the show was just beginning. The next battle will be interesting" Mundus said suddenly anxious.
"The next?" Trish wondered. "Who's next?"
"One of my most powerful servants" Mundus mocked. "Stay"
Trish remained there for a little longer. She was now curious about who could it be.
"Thank you Master" Phantom said as he opened a new portal and left who knows where.
Dante had just walked in to the corridor, he was right next to the door when he felt a demon coming. He turned around and saw it was Phantom again. "You again?" Dante said disappointed. "Didn't you have enough? Do you still want more? Alright then" He said grinning devilishly.
The huge spider blocked the corridor, leaving very little space for Dante to fight or evade his attacks. But that was no problem for Dante, that was not stopping him. He simply turned to his demon form and attacked Phantom non-stop. Phantom's fate was the same, Dante evaded his attacks with no problem and defeated him again.
"Why do you insist?" Dante wondered jokey.
"That stupid Phantom!" Mundus enraged again.
"Do you still doubt about what I said? Do you see any scratch on Dante?" Trish said slyly.
"Doesn't matter, there's plenty of demons to fight him" He said mad.
They kept watching Dante through those projections.
"Are you gonna spy on him the whole time?" Trish asked. That could be a problem to her plans and Dante's.
"Of course. I want to see how good he is" Mundus said intriguing.
"He's wonderful" Trish said sighing. She could sense Mundus' strangeness right away.
"Huh?" Mundus seemed surprised.
"At fighting, of course" Trish said hesitant.
Mundus was beginning to suspect. He was now sure that Trish was lying.
"You shouldn't spy on him the whole time, where's the fun in that?" Trish said emotionless and discreet.
Everything Trish said, he found suspicious. "Maybe I'll begin spying on you"
"Me?" Trish said cocky. "Where's my privacy?"
Mundus just mocked.
They kept watching Dante.
The door led Dante now, to a very big opened space with a big fountain at the center. It seemed like a central courtyard of the Castle. There were some doors in other levels, but something caught Dante's attention. The statue of a lion, it seemed more of stone but there was an immense power that couldn't let him get any closer.
"Ha- bullshit…" Then he remembered about the Pride of Lion. He offered it to that power and the shield vanished, leaving the statue with no barrier. "I know you're in there, c'mon…" Dante started smashing it with his sword. "…get out!"
The stone-like statue tore to pieces freeing the beast. It was a demonic feline, didn't look much as a lion but it could keep him entertained for a while.
"That's your powerful demon?" Trish said slyly.
"Of course not. That's mere entertainment" Mundus said laughing wickedly. He was very focused on Dante.
Trish turned to look at Mundus' strange form and frowned. She wanted to know what was Mundus thinking, that he sounded wickedly excited.
Dante easily defeated Shadow, the demonic feline. "That's it?" He said disappointed again. "Isn't here someone more powerful to fight with?" He asked to the nothingness, but in Mundus' projection, it seemed he was asking Mundus, as if he knew he was there, watching him. As if there were cameras and he were staring right at them.
Mundus could feel Dante's stare. "Just be patient Dante"
"What are you planning?" Trish asked curious.
"You'll see" Mundus said slyly.
Dante crossed through the nearest door he found. It led him to a weird place with lots of stairs and a weird sort of elevator. Like a round stone that elevated like a tower. The place was full of bloody puppets waiting for him, but he took the elevator and it led him to the highest spot. And right there he found like a sort of sword, it was more like a decorative sword; it didn't have any use as a weapon. Dante read an inscription in it. "Death Sentence…" He found it weird. "…this must have been used for strange rituals" He mocked and put it in his coat. There was another door in a lower level, so he headed there. It led him to a small room, with an old bed with curtains, a huge mirror; it started on the floor and reached till the ceiling. There was a statue of a female with a melancholic expression. There was an opening at her chest like to insert something. Dante thought of using that weird sword. There was a shining stone at the statue's mouth and just when Dante thrust the sword through the opening, that weird stone fell down to the floor.
"What the hell is that?" Dante wondered. He didn't care and just put it in his coat. It would surely work to open a path for later on. He was still crouched when his sword Alastor reacted to something. Lightning surrounded it. He now knew, that was the way of the sword to warn him from danger. That meant a powerful enemy was soon to show up.
Dante straightened up, he was facing his back to that huge mirror. But his reflection in it was not as it should be. He was turned away and his reflection seemed as if he were inside that mirror staring at himself from the back, for his reflection turned around even before Dante did.
Dante felt a weird power coming from the mirror so he turned around and saw himself in the mirror, but it was not his reflection, the expression was different and it stared at him wickedly. Then it began to walk and crossed through the mirror.
Dante was surprised at first, he even stepped back. He couldn't believe his eyes. Was he going crazy? "What the…"
The figure with his shape walked a few steps towards Dante. He kept stepping back until the figure stopped. But suddenly, a blue aura changed its shape into another demon. A huge, powerful Black Knight with a strong and dark suit of armor. He seemed very powerful and had curved horns covering the sides of his face. Dante had never seen someone like that. He seemed quite imposing.
Oh no, Dante, that's Vergil! Trish thought to herself. She tried to show no feelings at all, but Mundus noticed her anxiety. Her hands couldn't stop moving and her fingers twitching with nervousness and anxiety. She kept watching the scene through the projections, she had no choice.
The Black Knight unsheathed a sword without saying a single word.
Dante shook his head in disbelief. He began walking to and fro. "This stinkin' hole was the last place I thought I'd find anyone with guts" He said taken aback, but excited at the same time.
The impressive demon didn't answer and instead he just clicked his fingers and the doors to the gardens opened. The demon without saying a single word, challenged him for a fight. He ran and leapt out of that room. He seemed to have flown. The doors closed right after and a strange demonic power blocked the other way out. He had no choice but to fight this demon, if he wanted to keep advancing. But either way, Dante felt this strange desire to fight this demon. It wasn't really necessary to block the exit, for he would never run away from an enemy like this one, or any.
"Let's get this party started" Dante said anxious. He couldn't wait any longer to fight this demon. It seemed he'd be the only one who could entertain him for a while.
Dante opened the doors and went outside. The doors locked behind him with the same demonic force. He wouldn't be able to leave until he'd defeat this demon. "Again the force? Why am I not surprised?" Dante said sarcastic. He leapt down to the battleground. As he reached to the ground he heard a metallic sound, like that of a sword. He rapidly turned around and saw the demon behind him, but on a higher level. The demon lifted his sword in the air, challenging Dante.
The exposed parts of the Dark Knight seemed to flow with light; as if instead of blood, his body had only light running through his veins. He leapt down to the gardens, right in front of Dante, and the battle began.
Trish was still watching, she didn't want to, but she had to. She was afraid Dante could kill Vergil or what was left, Nelo Angelo or even the other way around. She knew Vergil was very strong and this new Nelo Angelo should be even more, that was the purpose, to gain more power. She had never seen him fight, until now. It was a battle she hated to be watching, but she couldn't do else. She was uncertain about who would win, how would the battle end?
"Nervous?" Mundus asked Trish suspiciously.
"No" She said straightening herself. "Of course not" She said indifferent. "I'm just curious about who will win" Trish said, thinking that it couldn't end here, not so soon. Dante couldn't lose, he promised her they'd get out alive from this Island. That they'd kill Mundus together, she couldn't kill him on her own.
"Aren't you enjoying this, ha-ha-ha..." Mundus said mockingly.
It was evident that she wasn't. At times she just turned her face from the projection. She didn't want to see how Nelo Angelo hurt Dante, even though it was an even battle; Dante was causing severe damage to him as well. "I have no interest in any of them" Trish said simply as she turned her face to a side and folded her arms.
"Oh c'mon Trish, isn't it wonderful that the only descendants of Sparda are killing each other?" Mundus mocked, followed by a sinister laughter.
Trish couldn't help to infuriate. Lightning surrounded her hands, her body overflowed with power.
"What is the matter Trish?" Mundus was just testing her.
She made her powers disappear right away. "Nothing" She said dryly. But she was giving herself away by simple actions.
The more Dante damaged Nelo Angelo, he moved to different and higher places in the vast gardens of the ruins of the Castle. Climbing higher into the ruins, Dante followed him to every spot. "Why do you run away?" Dante said breathing heavily with excitement. His wicked expression could only tell he was enjoying this battle. For a strange reason, Dante felt familiar with this demon. He had never seen him before, but he felt he had fought to someone like him before. The way he moved, the easiness with which he swayed his sword reminded him of someone. It reminded him of his brother, but he thought there was no chance that it could be Vergil, he didn't feel like him at all. He thought it could be a demon who copied his moves, a demon who battled with Vergil in the underworld as many times as to learn his moves. That encouraged him to keep fighting. Dante was beginning to like this place. He was curious about what could come next.
Nelo Angelo moved to an even higher part of the outskirts of the Castle. It was quite far from where Dante was standing. But Dante followed him either way. He reached to that highest level, but he was starting to feel tired. His breathing was even more accelerated, but he was willing to keep fighting. He felt he was winning anyway. So he thought it was just one more push and he'd be on the other side.
They kept fighting intensely, clashing their swords as neither of them would give up. Every clash resounded in their ears, mostly Dante's. Nelo Angelo seemed to not have any feelings or own will. He seemed just like another one of Mundus' puppets.
Dante swayed his sword and stabbed him several times, although Nelo Angelo used his sword as a shield, but Dante managed to hurt him when he was off guard. Dante turned to his demon form and his powers began to recover slowly, providing him with more strength. He kept attacking the demon with Alastor, slashing him numerous times. But being in his demon form also drained his power when turning to human again, exhausting him even more. But his attacks on Nelo Angelo had finally worked. He made him draw back to his knees. The demon kept on his knees with the help of his sword. Dante rapidly returned to his human form expecting more of him. But he didn't expect the demon would stand up with ease and just when Dante meant to stab him, the demon leapt up, moving over Dante. He kicked him on his arm making Dante drop Alastor. And now, they battled hand to hand. Although every blast from the demon was accompanied by a blue light that burned on Dante's skin. Dante seemed to have been winning but things suddenly changed and now it seemed he'd lose.
Then, Nelo Angelo kicked Dante's face sending him flying and clashing against a wall. Dante fell to the ground and remained there, on his knees and grasping the ground. He was tired, he needed a little rest.
Trish and Mundus kept watching the fight. Mundus was completely enraptured by the battle, but Trish, she was worried and anxious, desperate to help Dante. He couldn't lose.
C'mon Dante, you have to get up. Trish kept thinking to her insides. Her expression could only show her worry.
"What worries you Trish?" Mundus asked suspiciously.
"Worry?" Trish said suddenly changing the expression on her face. "Nothing. It's just a very interesting fight"
"Of course…." Mundus mocked. "….the brothers battle against each other with no knowledge whatsoever ha-ha-ha-ha" He laughed wickedly. "I thought Dante would withstand a little longer, it's a shame the game will end sooner than expected"
Trish didn't reply. She was sure Dante would get up and keep fighting, he wouldn't lose. She wanted to answer him, to tell him that Dante would win, but it wouldn't benefit her and it would just give herself away. So she just remained there silent, with all that anger inside her.
They kept watching, expecting the results.
Nelo Angelo moved towards Dante and pulled from his hairs to lift him up. Once he had him standing up, he pushed him against the wall, grabbed him from his neck and lifted him off the ground, choking him.
Dante tried to free from his grasp, trying to move his hand, but he was struggling to. "Ahh-ah…" He was deprived of air.
Nelo Angelo just laughed wickedly with his grotesque demonic laugh. The light flowing inside his body was now red. But suddenly, Dante's amulet came on sight and he couldn't help to disturb after seeing it. There was something about that amulet that was awakening something more inside his head. He just threw Dante to the remains of wall in front of him, he couldn't see that amulet any longer.
Dante fell to the ground once more and remained there, struggling to stand up and trying to catch a breath. He noticed the demon reacted to his amulet.
Nelo Angelo began to scream, holding his head with both hands as memories began to flash back. The light inside his body turned blue again, even lightning began running throughout his body. His body was completely enveloped in that blue and red light. He elevated in the air, still screaming, and it seemed he flew away, far away, vanishing into the skies.
"What the…." Dante said breathing heavily. He was slowly recovering his breath and his power. He stood up and looked up to the skies, pensive. He was taken aback at what had just happened. Why had the demon reacted to his amulet? He refused to believe that demon could be his brother. He just shook his head at the thought. Dante grabbed his amulet and held it tight. In a way the amulet saved his life, not that he would've died without it but at least it gave him time to recover. He meant to go back to the room he was in, but the door was still locked by the demonic power.
"That useless demon!" Why do they all fear Dante?" Mundus wondered. He was enraged. "How can even Vergil fear Dante, if he is the heartless one?"
"That's not Vergil" Trish said cold. "If there was still something of him inside Nelo Angelo, I'm sure he wouldn't have run away" Then something came up to her mind. Perhaps Mundus wasn't that observer, but Trish noticed Nelo's reaction against the amulet. That's the key to free Vergil. She thought. She needed to go and tell Dante, she couldn't let more time pass. She needed to see him. But how could she leave without Mundus suspecting?
Mundus kept watching, although he was so pissed that he even wanted to stop seeing him and wait till the moment he'd reach to his Throne Room.
Trish saw Dante was fine, so at least she relaxed a little.
Suddenly, Dante noticed the stone he had taken at the room was shining, as if its power had activated. He remembered a door with a round carving as to place something. It was in the room with the many stairs and the strange elevator. He needed to get there and fast. He didn't know for how long that stone could work. He grabbed the stone and looked at it. It suddenly flashed a writing. Melancholy Soul.
"Hm…" Dante surprised. Then, from the power of the door, Shadow appeared again, willing to fight Dante and slow his path. "You again?" Dante said disappointed as he shook his head and grinned. "These demons never give up. What are they fed with?" He wondered foolishly as Shadow began to attack.
Dante put the stone back in his coat and began shooting at Shadow. "Kitty-kitty, come here…" Dante said mockingly as he slightly bent over and clapped his hands.
The demon infuriated releasing its power and a spear like form coming from the ground. Dante moved back avoiding the spears, and never stopped shooting until the demon kept immobile revealing its vulnerable core. Dante turned to demon form and used Alastor to slash at the core fiercely until the demon died. It turned to ashes and left red orbs and a big green one for Dante.
"I don't have time for your stupid games!" He said mad, with his demonic voice. He took the orbs; the green one helped him to recover completely.
Dante hurried inside; the door was now unlocked. He took the door to the mini hall and jumped down to the bottom. As he reached the first floor, he saw a door with a lion face sculpted in it and a whole in the mouth. He placed the Melancholy Soul and the door unlocked. He opened the door and crossed. He turned to his human form again.
"Oh no…" Dante complained. "…it's the freaking sewers" He said disgusted of walking around in those waters. He thought if the door led to the sewers than something important should be there. So he kept advancing, going through every door he found, fighting huge demon bugs, which were the most found in this place.
"That's disgusting…" Trish said feeling a little sick. She was still watching Dante and the way the bugs exploded, splattering greenish goo all around, that just made her feel sick.
"Since when does that bother you?" Mundus said surprised. Trish was supposed to be a devil with no feelings, a fearless devil. Why would she be disgusted by miserable demons or the sewers?
Suddenly Trish's vision turned blur. She began seeing double. She closed her eyes and shook her head a little. Her heart speeded up; she felt her body different. She felt so sick she needed to get out of there. She began walking towards the door, although her pace was not stable. She didn't care about Mundus, she felt she was suffocating, she needed some air.
Mundus noticed Trish started acting weird. "What is the matter Trish?" He said suspicious. He knew that whatever Trish was hiding, it was something big, and it had to do with Dante. "Where are you going?"
"Anywhere. I'm sick of being here" Trish said cold.
Mundus surprised. Trish had never spoken to him like that, she had always respected and feared him.
"I have things to do" She said simply, then opened the door and left that huge room.
Mundus wondered what could be wrong with Trish. She was his most loyal servant. His mind wandered and wandered, then he looked at Dante's projection and he infuriated. "That scum! What did you do to her!" He yelled mad. The projections suddenly vanished, then those three red orb-like eyes disappeared.
Just as Trish walked out of that room, she closed the doors and held tight from them; she suddenly felt her body weaken, as if she were gonna faint. "What's happening to me?" Trish cried desperate. She shouldn't feel sick, she had never experienced something like this before. "Dante…" She gasped. "…I need to find you" She was really far from Dante and she felt terribly sick. She wouldn't be able to go through all that path to find him, so she decided to teleport before she'd lose consciousness. She appeared in the corridor in front of the door to the central courtyard where Dante first encountered Shadow. The teleportation made her feel even more sick. She opened the door to the gardens and felt like throwing up, but she controlled a lot breathing deeply. She sat down on the ground and leant back on the wall. She slowly began to feel a little better. She stood up and headed to the fountain. She rinsed her face with the water, she took a deep breath and relaxed a little. She headed to the door in the next level and directed to the room with the bed and huge mirror. She entered to the room and sat on the bed. Now she only had to wait till Dante arrived. He had to return to this room soon. She lied down and waited.
Dante kept advancing in the sewers, he found a Rusty Key that helped him to open a big iron door. He reached to a place just before a corner where four small sort of fires surrounded a small area and just as he walked in between, they closed up the space as a barrier. If he tried to cross, he was electrocuted. He couldn't help to think of Trish.
There was a fine, thin skull with two big curved horns hanging on the wall; a new demon burst out of there. It was like the Sin Scissors, but its head was just like the skull on the wall and the scissors were bigger. It was a Death Scissor demon, it was more powerful than the other Sin demons.
At first Dante thought it'd be easy, but this demon's attacks were different than the others, more lethal. Dante tried to avoid the huge scissors, but he didn't have much space to move and dodge, and the demon was disappearing and appearing from anywhere, everywhere; the ground, the walls, the ceiling in every direction and at higher speed. Dante knew its weak point; he could hear like a glass crashing, meaning he's broke its shield, but it didn't. He had to do that plenty of times to really break it. But he finally managed to destroy that demon and the barrier disappeared.
"That stupid demon, it ruined my coat!" Dante said mad as he grabbed a side of his coat and pulled it up. It had several rips. He reached to the corner and it was a dead end. But there was something shining on a pedestal. He took it. It was a key with the shape of a sun with face on one end. He put it in his coat and tried to remember where had he seen that sun face before. He went back the path and suddenly remembered. "The bedroom, right next to the huge mirror!" He said anxious. He wanted to get out of this disgusting sewers already.
Suddenly Phantom appeared again. "You again?" Dante said surprised. "What are you, a cat? How many times do I have to kill you?" He complained. "You don't even fit in this damn shithole" Dante said hardly avoiding his attacks. "The cat ate your tongue?" Dante said surprised that the demon didn't reply to him at all. He kept attacking him with Alastor instead. "Oh no, you ate the cat and got its ability to…" He couldn't even finish. "…what! You give up already?" Dante said disappointed as Phantom turned to lava and disappeared through the ground. "Next time you show up, make sure to give a fight!" Dante kept walking. "You're just a pain in the ass, that's what you are…" He murmured.
Dante began to feel a little weird. He felt his power was slowly draining. He found that weird but he kept going, although demons kept slowing his way, blocking the doors until he'd destroy them all. Then he felt his power draining faster. He began to feel exhausted. He finally reached to the door to exit the sewers. He opened it, and there were dozens of demons waiting for him. Sin Scythes and bugs. He destroyed them as he could, feeling weaker every second. He activated the elevator and jumped off at the level of the bedroom. He was breathing heavily as he entered to the room.
Just as Trish heard the door, she stood up from the bed. "Dante!" She said surprised and happy to see him.
"Trish?" Dante really didn't expect to see her there. "What are you doing here?" He shook his head. "What am I saying, where the hell have you been?" He said panting and complaining.
"Dante, I think that's not important right now" She noticed his eyes were fading away. "Dante are you okay?"
"I'm…there's something wrong with this place, it suddenly started draining my vitality…" Dante said gasping.
"What?" Trish said confused. "Your vitality?" She then saw something shining inside his coat. "It's the Guiding Light"
"The what?" Dante said confused.
"The Key of Ardor" Trish said a little bothered at Dante's foolishness. It seemed as if he was drugged. "Inside your coat…" She said raising an eyebrow as she folded her arms expectantly.
Dante reached his hand into the coat. "You mean this?" He said dizzy.
Trish just nodded with a hand on her hip.
"You should've said the key with the sun face" He said holding the key. He was speaking as if he were drunk. "Key of Ardor?" He said pensive and grinning. "This absorbs my vitality?"
"Yes Dante…" She said desperate. "…now put it in there" She pointed to the weird small door with the sun sculpted.
"In where?" Dante said looking for a key hole. "The brightness of the guiding light will scorch you. Only those who can bear the light can open the new path" He read the inscription on an emblem underneath a big sun with a wicked smiley face. "Shouldn't they put this where you take the key from? They should warn you this thing can kill you" He complained then found a hole beneath the writing. He used the key. "Oh…" He felt a relief when he got rid of the key.
"What's wrong?" Trish said taken aback. "Are you okay?" She touched his back from behind and he instinctively turned around.
"That thing kept me in ardor, baby" Dante said grinning slyly as he wrapped an arm behind Trish's back and pulled her closer to him.
The sun in the door began moving, revealing the new path.
"Dante…" Trish complained and patted his chest so he'd let go. "…and here I was worrying about you"
Dante turned and saw the new door. "A door behind a door, now that's new" He mocked.
"You should go through that door" She said trying to break free from his grasp.
"No shit…" Dante mocked. "What about you?" Dante wondered.
"I can't come with you Dante" Trish said looking down.
"Of course you can, it's proven" Dante said raising his eyebrows.
"Not that way, you silly" Trish grinned then shook her head.
Dante stopped holding her and she walked towards the bed. She grabbed hold of one of the pillars of a corner of the bed. "Mundus is probably watching you, I can't help you, I can't be by your side or he'll know I'm lying, he probably knows right now" She said as she sat on the bed looking down.
Dante walked towards her and kept pensive for a moment. He was standing right in front of her, grasping from the same pillar she did before. His crotch was just at her face level. He noticed Trish was staring at it. He lifted her face and made her look into his eyes. "You're not lying to me Trish, are you?"
Trish looked deep into his eyes. "Of course not Dante" She said slowly.
"Because you're so damn good at it… pretending. I don't know if you're trying to fool me or him" Suddenly, Dante's mind was full of doubt. "Where the hell had you been?" He said suddenly mad.
Trish kept silent for a moment. "With Mundus"
"Mundus…" Dante twisted his lips. "…and you want me to trust you?" He yelled. "What the fuck where you doing with him?"
"Dante, calm down! I have to pretend I'm still on his side, remember? Otherwise, he'd kill me right away"
"Did he believe you?" Dante said emotionless.
"At first, yes. But then I had to open my big mouth and said you'd kill all of his demons. It was then he thought I was on your side and he tried to kill me" Trish said simply.
"He what? That coward, why is he hiding?" Dante said mad. "Why doesn't he fucking show up and fight me!" He took a deep breath. "What did he do to you?"
"Nothing. He just started choking me. Well it wasn't even him, it was his presence, his force, I don't know. Then I told him I was on his side and he stopped and released me" Trish kept silent for a moment. "He was spying on you and he forced me to watch as well"
Dante kept pensive. He turned around from Trish.
"Perhaps he wanted to see my reaction if you got hurt or something, I don't know" Trish said emotionless.
Dante turned to look at Trish again. "Did he notice?"
"I can't tell. I tried to show no emotions at all, though at times I couldn't help it" Trish said hesitant.
"Is he watching right now?" He asked as he walked closer to the door.
"I don't know. He was before I left" Trish said simply. "Why?" She stood up and meant to follow him. "Dante, what are you planning?"
Dante suddenly turned around and looked at Trish wickedly. He unsheathed Alastor and Trish couldn't help to step back.
"Dante, what are you doing?" Trish said surprised. Now she was the one who didn't know if he was trying to fool her or Mundus. "Dante wait, I'm on your side" She couldn't help to feel scared. Dante's face had totally changed. His expression was evil again. Trish just gulped as she kept stepping back, until she touched the edge of the bed with the back of her legs. "Dante…" She grabbed from one of the pillars at each end of the bed.
Dante suddenly stabbed his sword into the ground, then he took demon form and kept approaching Trish very slowly.
Trish had never seen him in his demon form before, not in person, that is. His skin had turned dark, he had grown wings and his body seemed a little more muscled, a litter bigger, mostly from the chest and shoulders. He kept his white hair, but now it was up and his face…. She just couldn't recognize it. His eyes were different, no longer blue, but bright and gold. Trish just paralyzed just by looking at him. She didn't know what to think.
Dante noticed her fear, that's not what he wanted. He just wanted her to pretend to be scared, but well, she wouldn't have to fake now. He approached to her and caressed a side of her face. Trish was immobile. Her chest moved in and out strongly, with fear. She closed her eyes at the feel of his demonic hand touching her face.
"Relax baby, I won't harm you" He whispered to her ear.
Trish felt his breath on her nape and she just scared more. And the sound of his demonic voice was not helping. She started shaking. "What do you want?" She asked trembling.
"I want him to see how I make you mine" He whispered to her ear.
Trish's eyes opened widely. Could Mundus be watching right now? "Like this?" She gasped.
"You wouldn't feel scared other way" Dante said simply.
"I can pretend…" She replied.
"But it wouldn't look as real as this" He said with his demonic voice. He grabbed her by the neck and threw her onto the bed.
"Dante, stop!" She screamed desperate. Perhaps it could be fun, so she'd follow his game. Although she couldn't help the fact that Dante looked quite frightening. She hoped Mundus was watching, though she wasn't certain about his reaction after this. Trish crawled back over the bed, trying to move away from Dante.
But Dante got on the bed, on his knees. He grabbed her legs and pulled her against him. He leaned over her and whispered to her ear. "Just make it sound like a rape…" His demonic voice resounded in her ears. His breathing felt even stronger against her skin.
"What?" Trish murmured surprised. "Why?" She said shocked as she looked deep into his eyes. Perhaps she wouldn't have to pretend much, it was scary just to look at him.
Dante didn't reply. His short, yet still claws, ripped off her corset, exposing her chest, leaving a small wound between her breasts.
Trish let out a suffocated breath. "Ahh-ha…" She looked at him and gulped. She didn't know what he'd do next. It was exciting and yet terrifying at the same time. "Dante…" She gasped.
Dante licked the little blood dripping from her wound as he took off her boots and threw them in the air. Then he grabbed her belt and pulled from it, ripping it off together with her leather trousers.
Trish let out a faint scream. She was completely nude before this frightening demon, that even if she wanted to believe it was Dante, other than the white hair it didn't really look like him at all. If it wasn't for she saw him transform she wouldn't think it's him.
Trish moved back on the bed, but Dante grabbed each of her ankles pulling her towards him. He opened her legs and put himself upon her, grabbing her wrists above her head, keeping her unable to move.
Dante began nipping her neck and collarbone, but he actually just brushed her skin, although he was making a scary sound to make it seem like he was biting her neck, though doing that in his demon form would leave more wounds than he can imagine, so he tried to be careful.
Trish couldn't help to scream so loud. The sound Dante was making was so real and scary and the feel of his skin against her body was not the same as his human form. She could feel his skin so coarse and small lumps on the sides of his limbs. The feel of his skin was like that of an animal, like a crocodile. Surely a strong and resistant body for battle. But right now, it was not too pleasant.
Mundus had just spied on Dante again, moments before, watching the whole scene. He was enraged. "How dare you touch my Trish! She's my creation, not yours!" He was so mad he wanted to break free from the statue he was in, and kill Dante. But he stopped and thought Trish was no longer worthy of his reign. She had gotten involved with Dante, if he'd ravish her, it'd be her fault. He kept watching for a while just to see what would Dante do next. If this was real or Trish was faking.
Trish just closed her eyes and tried to imagine it was the regular Dante. She could feel now Dante's tongue licking her breasts and nipples. It felt a little coarse, but that gave it a new feel she liked. His tongue was a little longer and larger, she couldn't help to wonder how would it feel if he licked her pussy. He hadn't done that before, but she wondered either way. She was liking this, but she needed to pretend she was scared. So she moaned like screaming but not so loud, yet. She could feel Dante's cock against her body; it felt even harder than in his human form and quite bigger. She gulped just after thinking how could that feel. She wanted to touch it. She wanted to know how different it could be. She suddenly felt nervous.
Dante let go of her hands as he lowered more. Trish was moving a lot at first, like struggling to set free or fighting to make Dante stop. But now it was as if she had given in. And Mundus noticed that. He wasn't stupid, he knew Trish was trying to fool him, she was enjoying it.
"That treacherous devil…" Mundus said mad. But still he wanted to watch, see how she would act. Besides he knew Trish was supposedly pure.
Suddenly Trish remembered about Mundus, so she started screaming and kicking Dante. Dante grabbed her legs and opened them widely. His tiny claws, penetrated her skin, making her bleed from her thighs.
"Ahh-ha…" Trish cried, feeling a sting in every wound.
Dante lowered his head to her pussy and turned to look at her.
Trish opened her eyes, feeling Dante's stare and she couldn't help to feel a little scared. That could help though. "No, Dante…" She cried. "…stop, stop…" Oh please don't stop, do it now… She was anxious to feel him. She started breathing heavily, she was suddenly agitated, but with desire. She began moving her legs as Dante reached his lips to her pussy. Even a breath felt so good. She started screaming then moaning as Dante's tongue began licking her clit. It felt so good. "Ahh-ha… Dante… Dante…please…stop!" She yelled then moaned deeply, she couldn't help it. "Ahh…." She moaned so strong, opening her mouth so much. "…ha…" She gripped from the bed sheets and squeezed them so strong as she felt Dante's tongue reach inside her pussy. "Oh Dante…" She cried. "…stop, please!" It felt so good. She started moving her hips as to make it seem like she was struggling to get rid of him, but the truth was, that it felt so good, that she couldn't help to move her hips up and down. "Oh please, Dante stop, stop!" She screamed and moaned so loud. She felt so close to climax but she didn't want to come just yet. "Stop, stop!" She kept screaming. She gripped from Dante's hair and pulled his head up. She was breathing heavily, staring at him.
Dante put on his knees and turned his face to the back. He looked up as if he were staring to a camera and that's what Mundus got.
Mundus felt as if Dante was actually staring at him. He could see the evil in his eyes. "That's not possible!" Mundus surprised. Dante couldn't know he was watching him, and the exact spot from which he watched.
Trish could finally see Dante's cock. She really surprised. Evidently, it was even bigger and she could see it was not smooth; it seemed to have tiny lumps just like the rest of his skin. She couldn't help to touch it. She felt it so hard, and the lumps felt of different sizes throughout his length, except for the head, it was smooth with just one protruding line underneath, like that of a scar. Trish gulped and Dante turned to look at her when he felt her hand touching his dick.
"It's so much bigger…" Trish murmured, a little scared.
"You'll like it anyway…" Dante whispered in his demonic voice.
Trish was nervous and scared now. That would surely hurt and a lot. Let alone those lumps. "Please, don't…" She said scared as she moved back on the bed.
Dante grinned devilishly while Trish cringed. He grabbed her ankles and pulled from her fiercely, bringing her closer to him. She tried to crawl away from him. But Dante held her legs so that she wouldn't move. She was face down on the bed now. He thought of doing it like that, but he wanted to see her face when he'd stick it in. So he turned her around with a single move. Trish tried to stop him with her hands, but Dante held her wrists, then right away, she released lightning through her hands. Dante rapidly leaned to a side, evading her attack.
"Hey, relax!" Dante complained in his demonic voice.
"No Dante, don't!" Trish yelled and started moving a lot as to set free.
"What?" Dante murmured confused. Is she faking or is this real? He wondered. She's so damn good at faking… He wasn't sure of what was Trish thinking, but it was now or never. He stared at her and tried to read her face. He slightly nodded to know if Trish was ready. She just shut her eyes tightly and grabbed the bed sheets as she could. Then she nodded as well.
Alright. That was enough sign for Dante. So with a strong thrust he penetrated her fiercely.
"Ahh…..!" Trish could just scream so loud in pain. She kept screaming so loud. It hurt even more than the first time. "Dante…. Dante…." She cried.
He lowered his speed a little, but he kept pounding her strongly. After a little while, he stopped feeling her struggle. He was still unsure of what was going through her head.
As Mundus watched, he wondered if this was real, or if Trish was faking. He was unsure of what to do with her after this, but he didn't want to keep listening to her screams, so he stopped spying.
Suddenly, Dante noticed something in Trish had changed. Her expression, now seemed of pleasure, more than pain. She started moaning intensely, so Dante knew she was enjoying it. So now he felt free to do it with no worry.
"Ah-ha…ah-ha, Dante…" She gasped. Then she felt how he penetrated her deeper. "Ahh…!" She screamed harder. She started moving her wrists until Dante let go of them. Her expressions drove him mad and he started doing it fiercely again.
They were both moaning intensely, although Dante's moan sounded a little distorted from his usual voice. That kinda bothered Trish, but she definitely liked the feel of his cock in demon form. It was as if every lump touched a different sensitive spot inside her. It made her feel a pleasure beyond this life. She just loved it.
Dante noticed Trish was enjoying it more than she should and he was as well. It didn't turn out as he planned. He didn't think Trish would like it that much. But it was too late already so he just kept pounding her at demon speed.
"Oh Dante, Dante… ahh-ha…ahh-ha…ahh…!" Trish kept moaning so hard triggering Dante's orgasm. It felt so good that he just couldn't hold it any longer. Trish started coming and so did Dante, but just as he did, he turned to his human form again.
"Ohh… Trish, oh-ahh…" Dante moaned in his regular voice again.
"Ohh… Dante, ah-ha….ahh-ha….oh don't stop…" Trish moaned. She was relieved to hear his normal voice again. His skin turned soft again. She pulled him closer and embraced him. Their moves were slower every second. Trish wrapped her arms around his neck and started kissing him. "Oh Dante…" Trish gasped. "…why did you turn human?"
"What?" Dante surprised and stopped. "Why, so now you like more my demon cock?"
Trish just grinned. "No, it's not that I like it more, but I wanted to finish with that one" She said innocently.
"You did" Dante replied.
"Yes, but until the very end" She said.
"Well, I wanted to finish in my human form" He said simply.
"I'm just saying, if it was your idea in the first place to do it that way, then it should've been from start to finish" She insisted.
"Oh, but you were scared at first, weren't ya?" Dante complained. "And besides, let me tell you something baby, that didn't seem like a rape at all. I thought you were better acting"
"Oh so now you complain about my acting" Trish said thinking of something to reply but she just couldn't. "Well, you should've thought of it better, what did you expect?"
"That you'd scream more, not moan, put up a fight or something to make it seem like I was forcing you, but no, instead of that, you loved it" He complained.
"Well, it's not my fault that it feels so good" She said shyly. "Well, whatever we're not fighting about this"
Dante just shook his head and sat on the edge of the bed. He zipped up his trousers. "I didn't expect you would like my demon cock better and besides why didn't you kiss me until I turned human?"
"I like them both, and a lot" Trish said slowly. "You should be glad I don't discriminate you no matter which form you take" Trish said as she stood up from the bed and magically dressed up again.
"You didn't kiss me while I was a demon, that's not discriminate?" Dante said slyly.
"You should get going" Trish said to avoid his question.
"What?" Dante said surprised. "Now you're kicking me out?" He complained.
"No Dante. But if Mundus saw all this show, he knows I'm lying and I need to think of something" Trish said dubious.
"That's an even better reason for me to stay" Dante replied as he stood up and embraced her from behind.
"I'll be fine Dante" She turned around and kissed him.
He looked into her eyes for a moment. "What's wrong?" He asked serious.
"Nothing" Trish turned around.
"Nothing? Trish, I can see it in your eyes, something worries you, tell me baby, what's the matter?"
"It's nothing Dante. I just need to do something before we confront him" Trish said serious.
"I know you're hiding something" Dante said intriguing.
"I just wanna be sure" Trish said serious without looking at Dante.
"About what?" Dante asked curious.
"I'll tell you when you should know" Trish said simply as she pushed Dante away from that room through that new passageway.
"Hey wait, baby…" Dante said as he stopped Trish and stood still. "…when am I seeing you again?"
"I don't know Dante, but when we have to, we will" Trish said hurrying him up.
"What kind of answer is that?" Dante said confused. "We need to talk about what we're gonna do, we need to be on the same track"
"Dante, there's no time right now" She said pushing him again.
"What are you afraid of?" Dante said curious.
"Dante…" She just gave him the eye.
"Okay, okay. I'll go" He said as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer into a kiss; a slow and long kiss. "I'll see you later then" He said as he opened the door.
"Oh Dante, wait! I was forgetting" Trish said anxious then lowered her voice.
"What is it?" Dante wondered.
"It's about your brother" Trish murmured.
"You found him?" Dante asked in a whisper.
"You did" Trish said serious. She noticed Dante's hesitant face. "That Dark Knight you fought against earlier, that's him" She said serious.
"What!" Dante said shocked. "There's no way he can be that demon…." He kept pensive, thinking of the last minute of the battle with him. "He's trapped inside that body?" He wondered.
"I don't know how he became Nelo Angelo, but there's a chance we can save him. I don't know if Mundus noticed, but at least I did and you must have too. The way he reacted when he saw this" Trish said as she grabbed Dante's amulet hanging from his neck.
Dante was paralyzed, he was still trying to digest all this information. "So he did it just for the power?" He said upset. "He's not that powerful, you know"
"You couldn't beat him anyway" Trish replied.
"Yeah, but the difference between us was not that great" He said pissed. "He's lucky I didn't kill him" He said emotionless. "Because next time we meet it won't be the same" He opened the door to leave.
"Dante…" Trish said confused. "Do you want to save him or kill him?"
Dante turned to look at her without saying a single word.
"Be careful okay?" Trish continued.
Dante just grinned and didn't say a word.
"There are still plenty of powerful demons out there waiting for you" Trish said worried.
"Nah…" Dante said cocky. "…I'll kill'em all, including Mundus" Dante's mouth filled with rage as he pronounced his name. "You have no idea of how bad I want to kill that bastard. Try not to be close to him from now on, I don't think it's a good idea"
"Don't worry, I'll try to avoid him" Trish said looking down.
Even in Dante's rage and madness he could notice there was something worrying Trish. He knew she wouldn't tell him, at least not yet, but curiosity was consuming him. He still wasn't sure if he should really trust Trish, but for the moment he would.
"Okay, I'll see you around" Dante said as he left the room.
Trish was left alone again. She was sure she'd hear Mundus' voice saying she'd betrayed him and that she must die, but no. Mundus didn't show up at all. Trish kept pensive for a moment, thinking about what she should do. She gave a few steps back, took a deep breath and just dropped herself on the bed, staring at the ceiling as if it could give her the answers she needed. She could still smell Dante on the sheets. She breathed his scent in and exhaled. "Dante…" She sighed. She remained like that for a while, until suddenly an idea flashed her head.
Meanwhile, the door Dante crossed, led him to the parlor of the Castle but at a different level and the path seemed to continue on the other side. So he gave a long jump and reached to the other side. He opened another door that led him to a strange room with fire and lots of candles and very creepy stone faces. He didn't want to remain there for long so he went out by the only door he found.
Dante was now in this strange yard, it seemed it used to be a battleground. It was just surrounded by tall walls. Dante felt like he was inside a big hole. There seemed to be some paths leading to different areas, but as he moved closer, the paths were blocked by cell bars, imprisoning Dante there. He sensed something was about to happen. He started stepping back, then a strange sound from behind made him turn around. And to his surprise and disappointment, it was Phantom, again.
The huge spider appeared from the top of the structures and leapt down to confront Dante one more time. It landed right before him, this time, willing to kill him for good.
"Recess time is over boy!" Phantom said with his grotesque voice, supposedly menacing. "Here, there's plenty of room to get real nasty. This time there's no holding back" Phantom attacked Dante with its tail, but just to warn him, stabbing its stinger right in front of him.
"Hm…" Dante mocked. "Finally, I was getting tired of playing your childish games. And about getting real nasty, I already did…" Dante mocked. "…and I'm not willing to do it with you!" He yelled as he performed a Stinger move right into Phantom's face. He did it several times, pissing off Phantom. "But I do want to get this place real nasty with your guts!" Dante kept attacking him non-stop with Alastor. He was suddenly full of power, so thirsty for blood.
In this battleground, Phantom felt more free to fight, to attack. He had now a bigger space to attack Dante and perform different moves. Dante's really fast anyway so that was not a problem for him. He didn't see Phantom as a threat, just as a mere distraction for fun.
Phantom began spitting lava everywhere Dante moved, but Dante could evade the attacks right on time and with ease. Then lava started coming from the ground as beams of light, but Dante already knew that, so he just evaded his attacks.
Dante was getting bored of this battle so he just attacked Phantom non-stop. He got on his belly and started slashing with Alastor at every weak point. The huge spider jumped high in the air to get Dante off its back. But no matter where he was, the attacks came to Phantom from every direction with Alastor and Dante's beloved Ebony and Ivory.
Phantom couldn't be more pissed, and pierced Dante right in the chest with its stinger, shaking him in the air from one side to another, thinking he would cause severe damage to him with a wound like that. But to his surprise and more anger, Dante started mocking.
"Woo-hoo… higher, higher! What a nice view!" Dante yelled and mocked.
Phantom rapidly got rid of him, tossing him to a side.
Dante landed on his feet and started shaking off his coat. "Hey, I was having fun" He complained. "Can I get another ride?"
Phantom surprised at the way Dante talked with that huge hole in his chest, as if he had no single scratch. Phantom could see something different in Dante, he even felt a little scared. "No…" The demon whispered as it stepped back and started leaping in the air and stomping on the ground at different spots, trying to smash Dante, but Dante could evade him just fine; his wound was slowly healing.
"Now it's my turn!" Dante said devilishly as she turned to his demon form and launched at Phantom with no remorse. His wound healed instantly, recovering his vitality to the max in mere seconds. He started with Alastor, slashing and stabbing at Phantom's weak points. The demon tried to defend himself with its stinger but Dante easily evaded his moves. Then he became airborne and used Air Raid to attack Phantom, electrocuting him with his lightning power. With every new battle, Dante's powers seemed to increase, causing severe damage to his enemies, and Phantom was not the exception. Dante's lightning attacks nearly killed him, but Dante decided to finish him with Alastor, slashing from up high with lightning speed right at the demon's belly.
Phantom simply fell on his back at the center of the battleground, letting out a loud shriek. The fall had been with such strength that even the round stained glass at the center, tore to pieces, making Phantom fall down into the Castle's parlor right at the statue of a knight with a spear riding a horse. He fell right at the spear, which pierced throughout his chest. Phantom screamed in agony.
"Arghh-aghhh… you…you're not just any ordinary human…" Phantom managed to speak.
"No shit…" Dante mocked.
"…what are you?" He looked at Dante who stared at him focused from the hole at the upper level. Dante had taken his human form, but even so, Phantom could see Sparda's shadow instead. "No…the legendary Sparda…!?" Lava kept gushing out of his guts. "It can't be…"
"You're right, I'm his son, Dante" Dante said cocky. "Who did you think you were fighting with?" Dante mocked. "Six eyes and still can't see" He just shook his head. "Sweet dreams!" He waved him good bye. He just saw how Phantom slowly melted into that lava until there was nothing left. Dante turned around and continued his path.
Down at the parlor Trish watched Dante, but he didn't notice her. "Defeated the Phantom, incredible power" Trish said surprised with the extent of Dante's power; the more time passed, the more she realized that they could defeat Mundus after all. "I should go before Mundus sees me" Trish said as she walked away from that scene. Mundus presence could be around.
The gates that had locked Dante in that battleground opened and he could finally continue. He jumped down from one of the gates and landed on another yard of the Castle. He found a Trident right away. It was small, so Dante thought it would surely work to open something. He was getting tired of all these puzzles, but he had no choice. He found a hole on the ground and jumped in. It took him to a sort of underground machine room. He luckily found a grenade gun. "Yeah, this keeps getting better and better" He said as he took the gun. There was a skeleton beside the gun. "You surely didn't know how to use this" He put it in his coat as he shook his head. "It's in better hands now" There was a sort of secret passageway on the ground but it was locked. Dante discovered the machine in this room should work to wind up the drawbridge. He found a lever and he just slashed it with Alastor. The machine started working and he could hear the bridge moving, he didn't know where it was but he could hear it. And at the same time, he heard that secret passageway opened. He reached to it and jumped in. He found the place to put the Trident and it caused a reaction. He didn't know what, but he heard movement near. "Oh, now what?" He tried to hurry and find that source. There were some demons on the way so he stopped to kill them, he couldn't let them live. He hurried up and tried to reach to the next room before that sound stopped.
He was again at the rooms he first entered, where he found the bloody puppets, he went through a door and found himself in a room with an iron door that was just to block the way more than anything else, just like a cell door but with square shapes. It was slowly closing, coming down from the ceiling, locking with the ground. It was about to close completely, so Dante dashed by it, sliding under the iron sharp ends, right on time.
"Ufff! I didn't want to go back and activate that thing again" He said relieved that he had made it. There was a huge gate before him now, so he crossed it. "Ha! I knew it, the bridge" He was finally out of the Castle, in a way. Not as he'd want but there was no other way, yet.
Meanwhile, Trish was looking for a way out of the Castle as well. She needed to go to the only place she knows Mundus can't reach. A secret realm in the skies. She went out from the front doors and leapt over the Castle, disappearing in the skies.
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