Well, sorry for everyone's shock. I was using the DMC3 Dante Sparda, Nero.
Jayson, good complement about the love pairs. I still need more polls for this.
Wanna know? Cierra in the game's description is the older sister figure (one who acts like) of the Guardians.
Next chapter got freaking fight scenes.
Chapter 6: Flare of Berial
Dante went to sleep. Seeing that everyone is asleep, he decided to jump over to the bed.
Now that wraps up the night's disaster, Dante enjoyed his slumber.
Not as everyone is asleep though,
Cierra was being lifted by Fia and Serene, they had a quite an effort carrying her to her bed.
Fia tucked Cierra in a sleep and left the room quietly.
Serene, who was at the outside, was looking at Fia evilly. She would have taken his chance to humiliate her.
"Hey Fia, are you going to sleep?" Serene asks.
"Yes, so to you Serene, you should sleep too now. It's getting late." Fia replied.
"Yeah, before I left you, there's one question I would like to ask." Serene was getting the best front-row seat to watch Fia's humiliation ever.
"What is it Serene?" Fia asks.
"Well, I've been watching you all the time. But, do you REALLY like Ein that much?" Serene asks. She was now playing devil on her.
"Well..Umm..Um, I kinda like him as a friend." She blushed in a deep red shade.
"Come on, keep going. Besides, it's only two of us awake here." Serene wanted to spend a second in this torture.
"Ummm, I..." Fia stuttered. She couldn't describe Ein well.
Fia tried to broke the silence by ending their talk with Serene by rushing.
"Umm, Oh look! It's late. I got to sleep now. Good night, Serene! Sweet dreams." Fia dashed off to her room.
She breathes a sign of relief that she was away from a nosy Arc.
Serene decided to sleep. But, she was planning to sleep beside Dante anyway.
There, she saw him quietly sleeping. He was a good person to see his attitude.
Serene thought a second and final will. Is she going to sleep with him or not? Serene is thinking fast though.
After a split-second, Serene decide to sleep with Dante.
She jumped over and slept. She doesn't have anything to cuddle. So, she could use Dante as a pillow.
She grab Dante's arm. She wasn't satisfied on that. She began to pull quietly without waking Dante up.
Hearing that Dante was tossing on other side, she pretends to be asleep.
Dante was awake by the tugging of his arm. He turns around and sees if anyone was still downstairs.
When he nearly finishes his checking, he saw Serene.
Serene was hoping that Dante didn't notice that she was awake.
Dante knew well she wasn't sleeping. He tried to poke Serene's forehead.
Serene is bothered by this. But, she would rather endure the annoyance.
She decided to confront to him. She was ready to accept the rage of Dante.
She opens her eyes and confronts Dante.
"Alright Dante, it's me. I was looking around you if you were asleep. Is that fine with you?" Serene replied.
"Is that fine with you? You know, you could have raised your voice to call me. I was half-asleep. You'd better have a rest now." Dante replied. He returns to his sleep.
"Well, guess it's between us only then." Serene wrapped around Dante's waist and she hugged him as a pillow.
Serene was having a peaceful moment sleeping with Dante. She is beginning to like him well.
Fia, was checking the downstairs. She saw Serene was hugging Dante like a pillow. Dante didn't care about Serene's pillow-hugging business.
What a love birds. Maybe Dante isn't. Not the typical person Serene would go with. Fia thought of herself.
She went to see Ein's room. He was there too. Sleeping quietly and peaceful as Dante does.
Fia wanted to sleep with him. She was sure of herself. Jumping on the other side of the bed, she did what Serene did to Dante.
Everyone had their sleeping peacefully this night at Elendia.
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Next morning, Dante wake up early. His body was full of energy. Deciding to help the gang, he got out of his bed.
Dante was having a little problem, Serene wrapped him. Now, Dante has to free himself from an Arc's grip.
He tried to gently remove her grasp. Then, he switches it into a pillow he used. Then he left her quietly.
What a frisky girl. Dante complemented for himself. He went to the kitchen and see CoCo the fairy.
"Are the maid of them?" Dante asks.
"Yeah, you must be Dante right? Well, hello then." CoCo greeted.
"Hmm. Do you mind if I help?" Dante asks.
"Sure, you can help then Dante." CoCo replied.
Dante taken two glasses a while and place them on the table. He also places the next set of glasses at the other section of the table.
Then, he takes the plates. Carefully, he places it on the table and put it. He arrange them put them on a proper place.
Lastly, he grabs a bundle of spoons and forks. He makes sure that they are paired equivalently. He places all the pairs at the left of the plate.
"It's done." Dante replied.
"Thanks Dante! You were a big help. And a good person though, because, they were shocked by your-"
"Age you asks? Heh, it was a commotion." Dante replied before CoCo completed her sentence.
Then everyone was awake. They saw what happened to the table.
The table was cleanly set than before. Not the fancy one. The old times they had.
"Who could do this? CoCo couldn't do this?" Lina was surprised about the table setup.
"Wow, someone did the job." Fia complemented.
"That would be me." Dante entered the dining room.
"Wow, Dante you did it? That's marvelous!" Ein replied.
Everyone sat on the table except Fia, Ein and Dante take out the foods out the kitchen.
As soon as the foods are placed on the table, everyone started to pick on their foods.
Hours later, everyone was satisfied with the morning breakfast. Everyone did their normal routes. Serene would go out to Grove of Repose. Lina would rather play with Molan and Gill outside. Cierra, she went to the Magic Guild to continue her research. While Fia stayed and clean up. Dante and Ein were planning on the stuff. Suddenly, Dante snapped on one idea.
"Hey Ein, perhaps we could do those weapons I talked last night some test. What do you think?" Dante suggested.
"Yeah, good idea, Dante, now if it's just a clear mor-"
Suddenly, a loud noise of stomping occurred. It replaces the queer morning into an early disaster.
"We're under attack! A big demon is invading Elendia! He looks fiery though but, be careful." Claude runs off.
"Well, our schedule is cut off with a surprise attack! Doesn't seems fun to you?" Dante started grabbing his sword, Cerberus, Ebony and Ivory and his Spiral.
"Yeah, with that, it'll spell disaster!" Ein takes his Einherjar and joined up with Dante.
Dante rushed outside of Elendia. Suddenly, both of them were stopped by the voice of the girls.
"Ein, we're joining in! We wouldn't miss the fun!" Serene shouted as she draws her scythe.
The rest draw their weapons. Dante agreed by nod. They head outside of Elendia's gates. And the rest were shocked.
They saw a long wall. Has orange-red gash on it.
Soon, a giant-size centaur appears, he has an ember-crusted sword. His faces look horrendous with the fires of hell.
"So this is the other world." A beast replied.
Dante was bored of the talk of the beast. He decided to get its attention.
"Yeah it is, pops. Isn't this strange?" Dante prepared a joke to the fire centaur.
Soon the centaur saw Dante. He wasn't surprised to see Dante. Instead, hatred was inside him. It makes him want to burn harder.
"So, the son of Sparda is here too." The flaming centaur replied.
"Yeah, same here, fire boy." Dante snickered.
"You, you're the son of that infamous demon! I, Berial, shall avenge my fallen compatriots! You are going to pay the dearly price for my comrades!" Berial shouted as he fires up his entire body.
"Well, come on then. Let's see if that avenging of yours shall succeed then." Dante draw his sword.
The rest did the same.
Dante steps on forward doing the Stinger. Berial tried to kick Dante. But Dante, he jumps away before he can hit him.
Ein was lunging forward too. He tried to slash Berial. But his attack got block-off by his fiery sword.
Ein was taking a serious damage. Berial, after his block, he shoves his sword off to the wingless angel. Ein was taking damage. He was barely lucky. His clothes have gotten charred by the fire.
Now the rest were going to do the same. Lina tried to shoot his head. But has no use. The arrow burn up right before it hit on his eye.
Serene decided to help on. She glides forward to slice Berial. Right after she lands a blow, she was blown off. She was about to lose her mid-air balance. She was about to fall.
Luckily, she was saved by Cierra's floating spell. She manages get back on her feet and fight Berial.
Fia was about to hit Berial's front foot. But, she missed by an inches to hit the flaming centaur.
The flaming centaur retaliate the blow by stomping her. She was paralyzed in fear. She wasn't moving as if she was waiting for her death.
Ein dashed to save her. He saved Fia's life. Although, he didn't take any damage from the stomp which Berial had made.
Dante decided to fight Berial seriously. This time, he unsheathes his sword and uses the Cerberus.
Dante headed for close-on combat. Instead of hitting Berial, he slams the Cerberus on the earth.
"Chew on this!" Dante shouted.
A towering ice starts to rise. It injures Berial's face. But, Dante continues the motion with another move.
He spread the Cerberus. This time, it created a huge ice-glacier. It causes Berial to lose his fire.
Now Berial is now weak. Everyone saw it was the time to finish him off.
Ein move on and did his signature move.
"This is the will of the gods! Disaresta!" Ein dashed and lash heavy strokes on his sword.
The impact was severe. It damage Berial badly. Ein sent off an angelic blast to end his move.
Not to exception, Berial was taking painful blows. Now, he didn't know about the next blow.
Serene was having more fun. She planned to hit the demon with full force.
"Here's my trump card, Serene Absolute!" Serene hack and slash Berial badly on his face.
"Everyone, get back NOW!" Dante warned them.
Then everyone run afar from Berial. He was rising and enraged by the previous blows.
"YOU SHALL PAY DEARLY!"
Berial is engulfing himself with fire. His entire body now is razed on fire. Now, he has now fire-like wings in his shoulder.
Now, Berial slams the ground. Everyone was standing guard. Dante realized this attack. He was being targeted by his fist.
He back flips away. At the precise moment, lava flows out of the ground.
Dante had to run. He knows that he can dodge it by continuous movement.
After the third lava had been evaded, Dante made a payback.
He rises up again his Spiral. Aiming the head of Berial, he tends to focus to shoot his forehead.
He manages to fire without attention. Berial was pushed back because of the bullet's force that has sent to him.
"Is that all? You can get out of here pal. Or, stay here and die." Dante taunted Berial.
Running to the stunned Berial, Dante had a rush on. Instead hurting him on the way, he leapt on higher sky and reached for Berial's horns.
Dante grabbed both of the horns; he planned to devastate him with a grapple.
"Well, is that all? Then, CARRY THIS ONE JERK!" Dante forced Berial to fall down on his face. Using his horns, he forcibly pulls down Berial with his demonic strength.
Berial landed first on his face, seeing how much injure he cause, the bullet, he was tricked by the shot of Dante.
Dante's performance wasn't about to be dead. He activates his inner-demon. Rushing at full-speed at Berial, his fist began to shine deep scarlet.
"It's better than this!" Dante shouted. He throws his shining fist with full impact.
Berial was taking the injuries. He has everything. He will do now his desperate move.
"You may have won Sparda but, I once retreat, so I will not do it again." Berial concentrates into a fiery fireball. He aims at the party with Dante Sparda along.
Then everyone had to escape the one way move. Dante, he stayed right on place. Ein was trying to warn Dante.
"Dante, get out of the way or you'll die!" Ein shouted.
But Dante didn't answer, he was only a meters away from Berial's rushing head. He waits patiently.
He raises his Ivory handgun. Aiming directly on his face, he fires a shot.
Berial's head exploded. Nothing was left to him. No residues were left to him.
Then everyone was awed by Dante's slick performance.
Also, they saw the Hell Gate turned into only a large black towering wall.
Dante walked to them and gave them a word.
"Facing a demon in their desperate move, kill them. It's possibly easy for you to destroy them in that way." Dante passed them.
This fighting scene is quite bad in this. Sorry for the long update. Anyway, Read and Review. Flamings are good. But no character disguise.