Chapter Three: Clairvoyance
A/N: Starts at the middle of Mission Two.
Legend: italics - someone thinking or a demon speaking
Where we left off in Chapter 2: Nero and Misa finished their fight against the Scarecrows.
''So...that arm of yours...''
Nero looked at Misa as she was reloading her black shotgun, her back turned to him. ''...What about it?'' She closed the gun and put it in the holster on her back then took off the headband. Her hair seemed to grow longer, her ears a bit more elongated. ''I noticed you began wearing those gaudy bandages about 2 months ago,'' she told him. ''You said you'd messed up your arm while you were out at night.'' He scratched the side of his face with his human hand, looking down. ''Yeah, well, I didn't want you and Kyrie worrying about me.'' She shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. ''Typical Nero.'' The two teens left the cathedral square, looking around for more demons. She looked at his back with Red Queen behind him as she put the red headband back on her head.
''Devil Bringer.''
''What?'' He stopped, looking back at her. ''That's what you should call it. Your new arm, I mean.'' Nero looked at his demonic arm which consisted of red stone and neon blue light. ''Devil Bringer, huh?'' He said. He gripped the fist tightly. ''...I like it.'' The dark-haired girl smiled as green glowing light caught her eye.
''Huh?'' He looked back at her when she knelt down and picked it up. It was a green star with the face of a man in agony. ''What is that?'' He asked her. ''Don't know, but I think it'll help us later.'' She put the star in her pocket and the two moved on to the next area.
Later in a dimly lit area, the two teens found a machine that was cutting off to their next destination. Misa sighed as she looked back to the setting sun. It always looked like Fortuna was otherworldly when the sun would set after the end of the day. ''Great, what now?'' she heard Nero said in an annoyed voice. ''Why don't you press that button next to the door, stupid?'' He lifted his demonic hand, his middle finger sticking up at her. The dark-haired girl growled and folded her arms. ''I'll break it off,'' she told him.
He pressed the button once. No response. He pressed the button twice. Still nothing. He began to growl in the back of his throat as he pressed the button a third time. The white-haired man took out his revolver, Blue Rose, and aimed it at the button. "Dammit!" He shot the button twice as the light turned from red to green. ''What a way to open doors, Big Brother Nero,'' Misa said putting her hands behind her head. ''Knock it off with the 'big brother' crap, damnit!'' She looked at him with a lazy look. ''At least I read books, not magazines.''
Soon afterwards, the two walked into an abandoned village. Even though it was somewhat dark, Misa could tell it was similar to an old western town. ''Where is everyone?'' Nero asked aloud. The dark-haired girl held the side of her head and looked around. ''I don't sense anyone. And my guess is it's been abandoned for a while,'' she said. The white-haired man looked back at her. ''That your 'clairvoyance' thing talkin'?'' ''No, it's just me..'' She stopped walking once her eyes laid on the large rectangular-shape in the center of the village.
"Let me guess, more demons?" Nero looked at the shape and felt the ground shake. Misa stepped back as the shape shook violently. She fell back from the red light that emerged from the shape to see it took the form of a fiery creature. It had the torso of a human body, the legs and main body of a horse, the head of a beast with horns, a flaming sword in its hand. It was completely stone as fire came from cracks in its body. It had set fire to the buildings. "Ahhh, the human world. It's been a while,'' the beast said as it began to walk along the village street. Nero took Red Queen from his back holster, shouldering it and walked towards the fire beast. ''N-nero, wait a sec..!'' Misa whispered. She watched the beast and the white-haired man walked past each other. The white-haired man stopped walking, raising the red blade over his head. He swung the sword with one quick twist of his wrist as the wind doused the flames on the buildings. The fire beast stopped walking and turned his head, looking at Nero over his shoulder. "How curious..."
He had shouldered Red Queen again and turned to the beast. "Fire's bad for the complexion. I burn easily, never tan,'' he said as Misa grinned. "When I came to this world 2,000 years ago, there was no such human as the likes of you,'' the beast said gripping its flaming sword in its hand. The white-haired man grinned his best cocky smile. "Wanna make it another 2,000?"
"Silence!" The beast turned around and thrusted his sword towards Nero, but he countered it by thrusting Red Queen in return at the tip. The blade began to turn red then to a bright yellow as he forced the demon back. The beast stumbled back, growling lowly. "Futile pest, you will suffer the wrath of Berial! I, the conqueror of the Fire Hell!"
End of Chapter Three
Interesting stuff, huh? I've never played Devil May Cry 4 before (I'm planning on getting it soon) but I've seen the cutscenes and I got the gamescript on my side. Wouldn't that be considered cheating though? 0.o Read and review!