A/N:Okay, that turned out well (for me anyway). So, we begin where Nero's on a mission to hunt the "Man in Red" with my OC, Belle, and it is revealed that Dante has connection to Belle and she does not remember the man. Hmmm, very suspicious here, anyway, we get to learn more as the persuit of said man in red continues and more mysteries of Belle's lost memories and Nero's gaining knowlege of the Order of the Sword...

Disclaimer:I do not own any of the DMC series that Capcom owns, I only own my OC Belle Matre!

After some trouble of how to get down a long ledge, you and Nero made way through a quiet alley until again, you both were introduced to the Scarecrows. Nero of course wanted to handle it and Red Queen was pushed to a triple full throttle and it was glowing a heat of fire before Nero released a whirlwind of fire and the demons were crisped to ashes.

"Good work." you complimented.

"As always." he chuckles.

"Cocky jerk."

Nero decided to ignore that and continued on his way with you following through the empty market streets. You both went through a small tunnel and appeared in another part of the streets, you and Nero walked down a few stairs before going through iron doors that led through a dark tunnel. Going through the dark tunnel and at the end of the tunnel you found yourself to be facing a dock with numerous boats parked.

"Well," Nero began as he stared at a brige that had been left raised. "guess we're gonna have to peek inside and see if there's a switch to get across."

"We're not gonna swim, are we?" you asked with wide eyes.

"Please, I have this." Nero scoffed while showing off his demonic arm.

"Show off."

"And proud of it."

Nero grabbed you by the waist and grabbed a light that had shined when Nero got into position before you both flew over the waters and reached the ledge of the other dock and Nero started for the warehouse. You watched with uncertianty, you knew that from every horror movie you've seen that involved creepy, quiet, and abandoned warehouses meant trouble.

Once inside the dark warehouse, you pulled out your twin Gun Blades and sure enough, Nero rolled away in time to avoid being beheaded by another time of Scarecrows, they had their sythes on their legs instead.

You jumped in the air, shooting the Scarescrows before one of them snuck behind you and grazed your leg, you did a split on the floor and shot those that surrounded you by their legs, making them fall on their oversized bellies before falling on your back and spinning quick with your legs raised in the air to kick the demons in the faces before jumping up and finishing them of by beheading each one. Nero sliced through the middle, making them fly in the air momentarily before he shot them or jumped with them to slice them apart while in midair.

Finishing off the creatures, Nero studies a nearby radiant statue before getting frustrated with it and slicing it and surprisngly, that's all it needed. Arrows appeared, aiming at the circle and Nero continued to slice until the arrows that surrounded the circle spinned around before striking the circle and the red barriers disappeared and you and Nero climbed the way up to where the switches might be.

You watched Nero amusingly by the door, arms crossed. He pressed random buttons, tapped a few things, pulled a few levers, but nothing happened to the gate. Nero again pressed a few things, switched some switches, and pulled some other levers until he slammed his hand, cursing out loud before turning away and before he reached you, he pulled out his gun and shot the controls, smirking before turning away and putting the gun back under his coat but stopped when the brige began to move.

"Well, I guess you're right about few things Nero. Violence is the answer to most problems." you chuckle before turning away and heading back down with Nero following.

After going through the warehouse, past some more Scarecrows and flying over the sea of water again, you both were standing before some more Scarecrows that were limping about on the large dock but of course, they won't be limping for long after you and Nero were through with them. Fighting your way throught, you gained a few more cuts, but nothing too serious and meanwhile, Nero remained untouched with the power of his demonic arm which you were coming to call as... Devil Bringer.

"Okay, that's the last of 'em, c'mon Belle."

"Yeah." you huffed out before following him.

"What, you tired? Does someone need a nap? Looks like this "old guy" can do much better than you."

"..."

"What? Cat got ya tongue?"

"Wow... You finally admit you're an old man."

"Wha-SHUT UP!!"

You laughed as you walked across the bridge with a flustered Nero behind you. You both entered through another tunnel that led to an empty railing room, Nero spotted another light and grabbed hold of your waist before you both flung up and landed at the edge. As you both reached another iron door, your skin began to grow goosebumps and your spine shivered for a moment from an unknown chill that came.

"What's wrong?"

"I got a bad feeling about this one."

"What's the worse that could happen?"

"Being ambushed by some ultra demon?"

"You and your imagination."

Nero pushed the door open and you both walked some stairs before stopping at the entrance of an abandoned town where the wooden houses looked as though they could fall apart at any moment. The wind blew, the dust in the wind making it a bit hard to breathe from the sandy air. You and Nero walked until reaching almost at the middle of the town before Nero groaned.

"Let me guess, more demons?"

Up on a hill, there stood a large black gate and you watched it cautiously. Then there was a loud and powerful tremor, you almost felt back but Nero caught your arm and held you close so you wouldn't fall until the middle of the black gate began to glow until it was on fire and then a creature jumped through and landed before you and Nero! The demon roared into the dark skies, flames errupted over the town and ducked, shielding your face in Nero's chest from the heat and powerful gale and he stood his ground and watched the demon while fanning himself with his one human hand.

"Ahhh, the human world, It's been a while..." you looked back now that it was safe (not really) and took in the view of the beast which resembled a centuar but it had a lion's face and it's body was sorta like a rock monster with flames blazing from it and the same could be said with it's large sword.

The fire demon walked foward and Nero walked past you and towards the demon, you watched curiously before your curiousity turned intoa gawking expression as the demon completely ignored Nero and walked past him as Nero safely walked passed the demon. And no surprise that the demon walked past you, not even sparing a glance and you sighed in relief that the beast did not bother with you. Nero then pulled out Red Queen before whirling it around and then large gales bursted to rid the town's fire and all was dark, excluding the demon made of fire of course.

"How curious..." now the attention was on you and Nero.

'Great Nero, why don't you just put a sign on us that say; "Please Kill US!".' you sarcastically thought.

"Fire's not good for the complexion. I burn easily, never tan." Nero said tauntingly as he fanned himself again.

"When I came to this world, two thousand years ago, there was no such human as the likes of you." the demon stated as he came closer to you and Nero.

"Wanna make it another two thousand?" Nero mockingly suggested.

"SILENCE!" the beast roared as it lunged it's sword towards you both.

"Oh shit!" you covered your eyes for the worst as a 10ft large burning sword came at you and Nero.

But Nero was quick to draw out his blade and it was stopped by the burning blade of the monster. You opened your eyes and made a small gasp of surprise at the strength that Nero had against the demon, you guessed that was why Nero was always so good at his job that he preferred to do it alone.

"Futile pests, you will suffer the wrath of Berial! I, the conqueror of the Fire Hell!"

You and Nero split to confuse the beast, Berial attacked you first witha swing of his large sword and you rolled over from the giant sword that swept over you briefly. Nero took the chance to stretch his arm and fly to the demon's face before slashing at the demon's face, making the beast cry out in pain and it blindly swung the large sword, making it hard to predict where it would swing.

You ran towards Berial and slid on your knees and beneath the beast before shooting at the stomach until slashing at the hind of his legs, making the demon fall back from his injured legs but as you stopped, the tail slammed down and you rolled away in time to dodge of being crushed. The tail repeated again and again until you summersalted backwards when it came down and you used the opportunity to climb the tail and on the demon's back before stabbing your blade at the back of Berial.

"ARGH!! You puny human! You'll become ash!"

"Huh?"

You looked down and noticed that the body began to glow and the heat became more heated up, your eyes widen when you knew what the demon was attempting. You were suddenly grabbed from the waist and hauled off but some of the flames that exploded from Berial's body burned your righ arm, you felt yourself caught in someone's and you cried in pain as you looked at your steaming, bleeding right shoulder.

Nero had caught you in time with his Devil Bringer when he heard what Berial was up to and was not quick enough when he saw your bleeding and burned arm. Nero carefully set your down before his attention went back to Berial who flicked your weapons off his back and turned to Nero. Nero, angered that his friend had become injured, twisted the throttle of Red Queen before charging into battle to finish the fight.

You watched in awe as Nero sliced through every part the giant demon left open, dodging the swings of the sword before Nero sliced the demon in the chest and the radiant fire surrounding Berial disappeared leaving Berial weak as the demon crumpled on his front knees and Nero grabbed the demon by the horns before slowy lifting him in the air with the power of his demonic arm before slamming hard down on the ground, making you jump where you sat from the loud tremor.

"Your arm... you are not human!" Berial stood on his feet weakly, tired of the fight.

"Don't ask." Nero looked at his arm like always. "Damn thing drives me crazy though."

"You are just like he was..." Berial said, confusing Nero.

"And 'he' would be?" Nero asked with his eyes narrowed at the demon suspiciously.

"I must restore my powers!" Berial then turned into air of fire, Nero shouted as the demon jumped back through the black gates in retreat and disappeared, leaving the town destroyed and dark.

Nero turned back to your sitting and quiet form. "Belle, you okay?"

"Yeah, just a little wee burning, nothing to kill me." you joked.

"That's not funny." he seriously told you.

"C'mon Nero. Without pain, how do we hope to learn from our mistakes and how we try to get them right the second our chance comes?" you wisely told him as you pulled out a small bag from your small back you hand on your belt that holds your Gun Blades.

"Where'd these come from?" he asked as you pulled out some cream and bandages.

"Unlike you, I listen to Credo to always carry things that would prepare you in any case scenario." you smirked.

"Tch. "Credo" this, "Credo" that! What, you in love with him?"

"..." your breath caught and your eyes widen.

"... Holy shit, Belle-"

"SHUT UP!!"

SMACK!!

"OW!!"

You blushed furiously as you fixed yourself while Nero suffered a possible broken nose that kept flowing with blood. The nerve of that jerk to ask such a question! You were NOT in love with Credo, your superior General, your close comrade, your close friend, and...

"Belle..."

"What? What do you want?" you snapped at him harshly.

"Do you have anything that treats broken noses?"