What You Wish For CHAPTER 2
surrendertome: I'm excited to start a real story too, the one-shots are fun, but a little draining at times! XD The chapter in E&IQ because it's a one-shot has to be more to the point so I can get it out in one chapter, but taking it to a full story allows me much more room to expand. For these first 3-4 chapters it's going to be what I already have interspersed with new material and updating the old a little so it works and flows better :3 Adding parts isn't easy, but I want to explain more of what's going on and keep you guys entertained with new stuff at the same time :3 Though, it is also confusing trying to figure out what goes where! XD Thanks for reviewing! *gives cookies*
SirenaLoreley: Glad you're excited, I'm happy to get to do another full length, so I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for reviewing! *gives cookies*
I'm so used to Ebony and Ivory Queens I keep wanting to write 'Background' at the top of these chapters! XD Anyway, here's the second chapter, a new scene plus a lot of tweaking on the other stuff! I don't own Devil May Cry, enjoy!
Nero woke up flat on his back on the floor staring up at the slats of the box spring above him. He groaned softly and closed his eyes.
"How the hell did I get under the bed?" he moaned to himself, twisting onto his side to pull himself out. He rubbed his face and saw dirty sunlight spilling through the blinds. It was late. Later than he usually slept at the very least.
Last night came rushing back to him with a lash of guilt. He fell asleep before he could apologize. He blinked when he saw a bit of movement and quickly looked over to see the purple skinned woman. He gasped and reached out quickly to grab his firearm that was still on the bed, but came up empty.
"What-?"
She giggled. "Silly boy, you can't have that anymore."
He glared. "What did you do to me! ?" he demanded.
"Only what someone wished me to do-well, not quite. Someone wished you would disappear, but that's very hard to do so instead I brought you to my dimension." she said with a smile that seemed to stretch her lips too far.
Nero's jaw clenched, straining the muscles of his neck causing him to notice something wrapped around it. His hand flew up to grab at what felt like a metal collar.
"What is this! ?"
"Oh, that. Only Djinn can live in this dimension so you gained the power of the Djinn to stay."
"I don't want to stay!" he spat.
"Well…unfortunately, you can't just leave. Sorry about that."
"Who are you! ?" he demanded angrily.
"Majra."
"Fantastic!" he snapped sarcastically, looking over at the door before heading over and grabbing for the knob. Surprisingly his hand passed straight though. His blue hues widened and he tired to press his hand to the wood, but it once again went through and he allowed himself to walk into the wood and out the other side. He blinked in wonder. It didn't feel like anything, absolutely no resistance.
He looked down over the side of the stairs and saw Dante asleep at his desk, he called out and got no response. The older male did that sometimes though-just to tease him.
"Dante don't mess around." he said, coming down the stairs, however he still got no reply…
Dante stretched as he came to, folding his hands behind his head and basking in his sleepy haze before removing the magazine and looking around the room. Red Queen was resting next to the door where the kid had left it last night. He glanced around seeing that Nero wasn't around. It was weird that he wasn't out and about yet; the sun was shining brightly and everything was silent.
He stretched a bit working the stiffness out of his back and neck. He rested there for awhile, and what they usually considered 'morning' swiftly came and went. He tried to think of a way to kill time and decided pizza was the correct way to go. He called and made an order and planted himself firmly in his chair to keep from going upstairs. If the kid wanted to act like a douche and hide upstairs that was fine by him!
His foot tapped restlessly in the air as he strained to hear any sound coming from above. When he didn't hear anything he sighed. Maybe Nero was just sleeping still. He let that thought soothe his anger until the pizza got there. Two slices in he realized that he simply didn't have much of an appetite. The kid was worrying him so much he couldn't even enjoy pizza! Well, that was crossing the line!
He decided he'd better check on his partner to make sure he wasn't dead or something.
He paused outside his bedroom door and knocked loudly. "Kid? You okay?" He got no answer and sighed. "Kid are you still sleeping, or moping?"
Again only silence greeted him. Concern knotted in his guts as he pulled the door open. "Nero…?"
The room was empty-no not quite, Blue Rose was sitting on the mattress and Nero's boots were on the floor next to the bed.
"This isn't funny kid, where are you?" he demanded looking around the room checking in the closet and going so far as to pull the dresser forward to look behind it. There were no ominous signs like the window being open or the room in disarray-no more so than usual anyway. What could have happened? Nero wouldn't leave without either of his weapons and at the very least couldn't leave without his shoes.
After thoroughly searching the bedroom he walked around the shop trying to figure out where his partner could possibly be. Tearing the place apart didn't help, the place was a dump, but it was open for the most part-there was nowhere for Nero to even be hiding and he was just making a bigger mess of things. However he was worried so he didn't stop. He even searched the bedroom again for clues to see if perhaps a demon had snatched him away in the dark of the night, but still nothing. The kid was gone just…disappeared so it seemed.
Disappeared.
His mind jumped to his train of thought he'd had the night before and he quickly shook it away. No, that had nothing to do with this, the kid was just emotional or something and left.
Without his weapons.
Without his shoes.
Without telling anyone?
He walked to the desk and dialed up Lady.
"What Dante?" came the woman's gruff voice down the line.
"Have you seen the kid today?"
"Kid-Is there something you're not telling me! ?" she demanded angrily.
"The kid-you know, Nero. He's missing is he staying with you or called you or anything?" he asked impatiently.
A long pause. "Have you been drinking again?"
"No-I haven't had a single drop, what's wrong with you Lady?"
"In that case you're just messing with me-I don't have time for your hijinks today I'm working on a lead about a demon or something that's apparently been making people's wishes come true and I have to do something about it before something serious happens!" she snapped before the line went dead.
Dante's breath caught. "Lady-Lady!" he slammed the phone back down and fruitlessly tried calling her again, getting no answer. He'd just have to go out and find her himself.
"Dante I'm right here!" Nero shouted in his face trying to grab him and shake him but his arms passed straight through the man's solid torso, as they had been doing since this morning and this afternoon as he'd attempted to get his lover's attention through more and more desperate measures ranging from screaming to trying to throw things at him with zero success so far.
He couldn't affect anything in the world anymore. He just passed straight through them like a ghost. His own things, other objects in the shop, he couldn't even get Dante's attention! He was so frustrated he almost wanted to break down into tears!
Nero thought he looked the same as always, white hair, pale skin, his normal clothing but with stocking feet seeing as he couldn't get his boots. However there was that silver collar around his throat painted with white symbols.
His entire body was alive and thrumming with power, his arm sucking it up like an energy inefficient gadget, still demanding more even as it glutted itself.
He heard something in his mind, hardly a whisper and he waved it away as his demon side pestering him-as soon as he did though pain emanated from his neck making him cry out and grip at the collar, trying to tear it off him. It was to no avail.
The young devil hunter saw Dante head for the door and stood up quickly to follow when Majra appeared in front of him.
"You can't fight off the voices child, you're a Djinn now, you must use your power and people's wishes grant great inspiration." she stated with a cruel grin.
"Not my inspiration. I think I can come up with something myself, now get out of my way." he stated shoving her aside with ease-apparently they were on the same plane of reality and he and Dante weren't anymore allowing him to touch her, but not him or anything in their world. He had to figure out how to get back-or at least help Dante figure out how to get him back.
Nero's trapped in Limbo and Dante has no clue-and Lady has no clue who Nero even IS! Please review, helps me get these out faster! :3 So until next time!
Ja ne!
~Bitbyboth January 26, 2012