A/N:Wow, last one was pretty long and fantastic huh? I hope so, I wanna have some reviews for this and I appreciate you reviewers for your support, thank you! Okay, I left you guys after the fight with Agnus and the new discovery of Nero's power of the Devil Trigger and to Belle seeing memories... you guys wanna see more memories? Then let's do it! Okay, enjoy my second chapter and sorry this is short!
Disclaimer:I do not own any of the DMC series that Capcom owns, I only own my OC Belle Matre!
It was in the middle of an ocean, it seems, and a large boat with bright lights containing it filled with numerous people who were having a blast. The ship happened to be a casino type, where gamblers came and go to win money or lose it and it becomes very addictive. Inside the ship, the same man in the trenchcoat, who carried a guitar case, led the same blond girl, who wore a bright pink dress, and the other little dark-haired girl, wearing a white dress, followed the man.
They followed the man into a room where there had been a group of people sitting around a poker table. And one of them the two girls recognized as the silver-haired man in a red and black suit and red coat. Among the gamblers there stood the woman in a formal tux without the jacket, she had short hair, a scar across the bridge of her nose with one eye blue and the other maroon.
The little girl watched with curiousity as the blond girl excitedly told her about the game of poker, then the silver-haired man looked up from his cards towards the dark-haired girl before giving her a smirk and wink before looking back down, leaving the little one to smile, trusting the man in red to win on the mission to find "King".
Gasping, you sat up where you layed and held your forehead with eyes wide and panting. A dream but... it didn't seem like it... it felt like... a memory? No, no way, you had no past. You looked around and realized your in the same lace where-
Your eyes widen, looking around for Agnus or the demonic Nero, but you flinch from the hand resting on your shoulder and move away and look back to see Nero resting against a wall and watching you with a blank face. His hand was held up where he had rested it on your shoulder but seeing as you had scampered away, he put it down and lowered his head and stared at the ground. You stare at him, a bit afraid of what happened before shakily asking,
"Nero...? What happened?"
Nero stared at the ground, not answering.
"... Nero?" you whispered, pleading for an answer.
"I hurt you."
You blinked, then remembered the attack and touched your cheek to feel it covered by a bandage. You look back to Nero before hesitantly crawling back and sitting beside him, resting your head on his shoulder before hiding your face and letting small tears fall. You felt arms slowly wrap around you before they pulled you closer to him and your felt something rest on your head but you didn't care, you only cried away your fear for not of Nero but for him in his future with the Order along with Kyrie and Credo...
Later
Things were not the same between you and Nero. Nero had kept his distance and you were silent, not once ever did you complain or same anything like you always did to just humor yourself and him but after what happened, it was awkward now. Making your way through the building of the lower castle since Nero has made the bridge through the waterfall that you has seen a few times, the water was blocked from above, giving you and Nero time to climb to the top of the castle and cross the bridge.
Through the building did you and Nero find some things horrific and most disturbing. The guards of the Order you had worked with were found in cages, being experimented on and their demonic faces hidden in their hoods. You and Nero would deal with the Bianca Angelo troops but they were disposed and Nero and you ventured on through the castle to the reach where the bridge was.
You watched the bridge hesitantly, wondering if the continuation of the mission was even worth it but looking at Nero, he seemed to be determined to track down the man in red a.k.a. Dante. That man looked familiar, that fighting style looked familiar, and that name sounded familiar! Why is everything about that man seemingly so familiar to you but you couldn't recall when and where, how and why, or anything of the matter.
"C'mon!"
You shot up from your daze and see Nero half way on the bridge, looking back at you in waiting and you followed and he returned his trek to the tunnel ahead. Just as he was inside, you jumped from the bridge that began to pull in and your eyes widen when the walls that held the water back were being pulled up, you quickly ran towards the tunnel and missed the wet pounding of gallaons and gallons of water and panted from the excitement.
"That's what you get for day dreaming." Nero commented, not making a face.
You stared back at him for a moment, wondering if he was trying to get back things to the way you were. When you had made no reply from his comment, he began to feel unfomtable from the awkwardness, berating himself mentally to think he could return things to normal after what happened back in Agnus' lab, that was until-
Smack!
"Shut up! I don't need a damn lecture you old hag!"
Oh it was good to hear that sweet, bratty voice of yours.
"What the hell did you call me?!?" Nero yelled with eyes wide and teeth gritting.
"Nyah!" you mocked him with your tongue sticking out before turning away and walking on through the tunnel.
"Hey! Don't you walk away from me!"
From the minutes of walking, you turn to Nero slightly and smile when he looked calm and back to his old self instead of the unusual "doom and gloom" he had been setting off after the incident in the research lab. You smiled to yourself and looked ahead only to narrow your eyes in suspicion before your eyes widen to feel and see the bright light of the warmth at the end of the tunnel and by the time you and Nero were out of the tunnel, you both were perplexed of the new environtment.
"A forest...?" Nero mumbled as he took a look at the cliff.
"More like a freakin' jungle!!" you shout.
There was a sigh.
You and Nero looked at eachother in confusion before looking back and to both your surprise, there stood Dante, looking over the cliff and off into the distant miles of the jungle.
"What the hell is this?!"
'That's what I wanna know...' you thought with a sweatdrop.
"Heh. Must be the effect of the gate." he muttered.
"Damn..." you mutter but freeze when Dante turned to you and Nero but he was more focused on you but of course, Nero stepped in front of you to guard you.
"Pretty nice catch you got yourself, eh, Belle?" you heard Dante say, making you jump in front of Nero while jabbing a finger towards the man in red.
"Who the hell are you and how do ya know me?! You been stalking me?! Digging through me trash?!" you demand, ignoring Dante's words but Nero of course blushed from the implications the older man said.
"Why would dig through your trash?" the older man asked with a dumbfounded expression.
"... I honestly have no idea..." you mutter.
"Oh yeah, like he's really into your collection of stupid drawings!" Nero sarcastically remarked.
Smack!
"OW!!"
"Shut up, those are cute drawings and YOU were the ones throwing them away!"
"So I wouldn't be haunted by staring at your crappy drawings! I was doing your a favor!"
SMACK!
"STOP HITTING ME!!" Nero loomed over you with an angry expression.
"STOP BEING A JERK!!" you shouted as you and Nero's forehead pressed harshly in anger.
Dante could have sword he saw electricity sparked between your's and Nero's eyes as the air turned deadly as if an atom bomb was about to be unleashed.
"This is the best teenage drama I've ever seen." Dante said, amusement laced in his voice. "Please continue."
"You... I felt like I met you somewhere before." you say, serious now. "Tell me something."
The least to say, Dante was sort of surprised from your foward question and watched you, studying you, observing you. His eyes looked looked directly to your face, you definantly have the same honey-colored eyes he remembered and your beauty was something of an awe. His eyes moved to Nero, who glared at him, the older man instantly knew this must have been a close friend... but Dante caught something in the youth's eyes and he pulled back his own steel eyes towards you and a smile made way to his lips that surprised you.
"Sorry kid, this is gonna have to wait." Dante said before walking back towards the cliff.
"No! WAIT!!" you shout and run after him but Nero stops you and you both watch as Dante free fell towards the trees forest before he disappeared. "Dammit...!"
"C'mon Belle... let's go." Nero said as he pulled you with him and you followed.
Nero couldn't help but recongnize that look Dante gave him when all eyes were on him. Dante smiled knowingly and Nero couldn't help but turn slightly red, for the first time thankful his skin was already red from your slapping. He just hoped the bastard didn't say anything to make things awkward between you and himself or else he would personally dispatch the man with Red Queen, Blue Rose, AND the twin Gun Blades...
